QUARTER 4 Monday, March 16th "The Bracelet" - Setting Geo Project Posters and Presentations Wednesday, March 18th De Soto National Memorial Field Trip Friday, March 20th "So Far from the Sea" - Flashback "Johanna" - Imagery Practice IRP Word Parts Lessons 3 & 4 Write a review of the three parts of the National Memorial, a five paragraph essay. Finish maps. Monday, March 23rd "The Wife's Story" - Foreshadowing & Irony Notecards and presentations for Geo Project Grammar Book - Prepositions - Sections 1 & 2 (Finish for homework.) Wednesday, March 25th Stanford 9 Freewrite for fluency: your countries assets and attributes. Presentations for Geo Project - Jose, Jeoffrey, Mark, Luba Grammar Book - Prepositions - Sections 3 & 4 (Finish for homework.) Revise DeSoto Review Monday, March 30th Stanford 9 Review prepositions of time, location and movement at http://www.englishpage.com/ Freewrite for fluency: cross-cultural attitudes. Underline your prepositions when you finish. Check that they are right. Presentations for Geo Project: Josef, Katerina, Dottie, SH, Hide, Jeffrey Grammar Book - Prepositions - Sections 5 & 6 (Finish for homework.) Wednesday, April 1st Stanford 9 Practice prepositons at http://www.englishpage.com/ Presentations for Geo Project: Run, David, Arturo, Muugii, Mint, Greg Develop an idea from your freewrite(s) into a finished piece of writing. Grammar Book - Prepositions - Guided Writing & Chapter Quiz (Finish for homework.) Friday, April 3rd Finish Stanford 9 & "John Henry" - Tall Tales Presentations for Geo Project: Ernest & Eduardo Grammar Book - Prepositions - Original Writing & Test Monday, April 6th - Friday, April 17th - Spring Vacation Monday, April 20th Introduction to So Far from the Bamboo Grove with Webquest on controversy. Freewriting; Grammar Book - Prepositions - Original Writing & Test or 20 Steps. Adjectives - Sections 1 & 2 for homework. Wednesday, April 22st IRP Word Forms So Far from the Bamboo Grove, Read chapter 1 (pp 1 - 22) Homework: chapter 2 (pp 23-42) Earth Day vocabulary and freewrite. Prepositions Test. Mint - Adjectives - Sections 3 & 4 (Finish for homework.) Monday, April 28th Quiz on chapters 1 & 2 of So Far from the Bamboo Grove; Read chapter 3. Analyze characters and create a plot summary. Read chapter 4 for homework. Revising to vary sentence type and structure. (Mint- Adjectives) Wednesday, April 30th So Far from the Bamboo Grove, chapter 5. Homework - Read chapter 6. Freewrite for fluency. Revising run-ons, comma splices and fragments. (Mint Adjectives) Friday, May 1st - DEADLINE FOR FINAL EXAM PROJECT REQUEST. So Far from the Bamboo Grove. Morning - Chapter 5. Chapter 6 for homework. Afternoon, chapter 7 in class and chapter 8 for homework. Revising run-ons, comma splices and fragments. Homework: Afternoon - Top 20 exercises on pages 237-241. Monday, May 4th So Far from the Bamboo Grove; Read chapter 9. Read chapter 10 for homework. This I Believe - Lesson 1: What is a Personal Essay? Grammar Book - Punctuation.Sentence Patterns (Finish for homework.) Wednesday, May 6th So Far from the Bamboo Grove, chapter 11 This I Believe Essay - Lesson 2: How Is a Personal Essay Different from Transactive Writing? Grammar Book - Punctuation & Sentence Structure Homework: Write a 300 word story that supports the belief of your group. (For example, "People Learn from Their Mistakes". Monday, May 11th So Far from the Bamboo Grove, - Review & Reflection & Test Lesson 3: What Do Students Really Believe? Grammar Book - Sentence Patterns - Guided Writing & Chapter Quiz (Finish for homework.) Wednesday, May 13th So Far from the Bamboo Grove, - Reflection/Test Lesson 4: What Quotations Guide Students’ Lives? Grammar Book - Sentence Patterns - Original Writing & Test (Finish for homework.) Homework due Friday, May 15th: Write your own values statement. Explain your belief; support with an personal story. Friday, May 15th So Far from the Bamboo Grove, - Finish test & write book review. Lesson 5: How Do Students Get Off to a Great Start? Grammar Book - Sentence Types - Section 3 (Finish for homework.) Monday, May 18th Year of Impossible Goodbyes - Jigsaw Reading Lesson 6: How Do I Support My Personal Philosophy? Grammar Book - Sentence Types - Section 4 (Finish for homework.) Wednesday, May 20th Year of Impossible Goodbyes - Jigsaw Reading Compare the experiences of the characters from the two books. Project. This I Believe Essay. Grammar Book - Sentence Types - Guided Writing & Chapter Quiz (Finish for homework.) Monday, May 25th Compare the experiences of the characters from the two books. Project. This I Believe Essay - Final Draft. Wednesday, May 27th Review for final exams. Friday, May 29th 29th Review for final exams. Students may take final exams during regularly scheduled times (May 27-28) June 1-4 Make-up days for final exams Deadline for Final Exam Project. School policy for tournament leave during final exams: Students with documented IMG approved tournaments – tournaments which are vital to the athletic plan and critical to the college admissions strategy for the student – should complete an Early Leave Request form and submit to the Director of Academics before May 1, 2009. These students will be expected to complete their final exams during the second week of June or a project will be assigned for each missed final exam course. The project (s) will be assigned on May 1 and will be due no later than June 4.